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καί

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greekNew TestamentConjunction9,023 occurrences27 books5,137 verses

Definition

καί,

conj.,

and

I. Copulative.

1. Connecting single words;

(a) in general: Matthew 2:18; 16:1, Mark 2:15, Luke 8:15, Hebrews 1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Matthew 23:23, Luke 14:21, Romans 7:12; 9:4, al.

(b) connecting numerals (WM, §37, 4): John 2:20, Acts 13:20;

(with) joining terms which are not mutually exclusive, as the part with the whole: Matthew 8:33; 26:59, Mark 16:17, Acts 5:29, al.

2. Connecting clauses and sentences: Matthew 3:12, Acts 5:21, al. mult.; esp.

(a) where, after the simplicity of the popular language, sentences are paratactically joined (WM, §60, 3; M, Pr., 12; Deiss., LAE, 128ff.): Matthew 1:21; 7:25, Mark 9:5, John 10:3, al.;

(b) joining affirmative to negative sentences: Luke 3:14, John 4:11, IIIJhn.10;

(with) consecutive, and so: Matthew 5:1; 23:32, Hebrews 3:19, al.; after imperatives, Matthew 4:19, Luke 7:7, al.;

(d) = καίτοι, and yet: Matthew 3:14; 6:26, Mark 12:12, Luke 18:7 (Field, Notes, 72), 1 Corinthians 5:2, al.;

(e) beginning an apodosis (= Heb. וְ; so sometimes δέ in cl.), then: Luke 2:21; 7:12, Acts 1:10; beginning a question (WM, §53, 3a): Mark 10:26, Luke 10:29, John 9:36.

3. Epexegetic, and, and indeed, namely (WM, §53, 3c): Luke 3:18, John 1:16, Acts 23:6, Romans 1:5, 1 Corinthians 3:5, al.

4. In transition: Matthew 4:23, Mark 5:1, 21, John 1:19, al.; so, Hebraistically, καὶ ἐγένετο (וַי:הִי; also ἐγένετο δέ), Mark 1:9 (cf. Luke 5:1; V. Burton, §§357-60; M, Pr., 14, 16).

5. καὶ . . . καί, both . . . and (for τε . . . καί, see: τε);

(a) connecting single words: Matthew 10:28, Mark 4:41, Romans 11:33, al.;

(b) clauses and sentences: Mark 9:13, John 7:28, 1 Corinthians 1:22, al.

II. Adjunctive, also, even, still: Matthew 5:39, 40; Mark 2:28, al. mult.; esp. with pron., adv., etc., Matthew 20:4, John 7:47, al; ὡς κ., Acts 11:17; καθὼς κ., Romans 15:7; οὑτω κ., Romans 6:11; διὸ κ., Luke 1:35; ὁ κ. (Deiss., BS, 313ff.), Acts 13:9; pleonastically, μετὰ κ.. (Bl., §77, 7; Deiss., BS, 265f,), Philippians 4:3; τί κ., 1 Corinthians 15:29; ἀλλὰ κ., Luke 14:22, John 5:18, al.; καίγε (M, Pr., 230; Burton, §437), Acts 17:27; καίπερ, Hebrews 5:8; κ. ἐάν, see: ἐάν.

ἐάν, contr. fr. εἰ ἄν,

conditional particle,

representing something as "under certain circumstances actual or liable to happen," but not so definitely expected as in the case of εἰ with ind. (Bl., §65, 4; cf. John 13:17, 1 Corinthians 7:36), if haply, if;

1. with subjc. (cl.);

(a) pres.: Matthew 6:22, Luke 10:6, John 7:17, Romans 2:25, 26 al.;

{ __(b) aor. (= Lat. fut. pf.): Matthew 4:9; 16:26 (cf. ptcp. in Luke 9:25; M, Pr., 230), Mark 3:24, Luke 14:34, John 5:43, Romans 7:2, al.; = cl. εἰ, with opt., John 9:22; 11:57, Acts 9:2; as Heb. אִם = ὅταν, John 12:32; 14:3, I John 2:28; 3:2, Hebrews 3:7" (LXX) .

2. C. indic, (as in late writers, fr. Arist. on; see WH, App., 171; VD, MGr. 2, App., §77; Deiss., BS, 201f., LAE, 155, 254; M, Pr., 168, 187; Bl., §65, 4);

(a) fut.: Matthew 18:19 T, Luke 19:40, Acts 7:7;

(b) pres.: 1 Thessalonians 3:8 (see Milligan, in l.).

3. With other particles: ἐ. καί (Bl., §65, 6), Galatians 6:1; ἐ. μή (M, Pr., 185, 187; Bl., l.with), with subjc. pres., Matthew 10:13, 1 Corinthians 8:8, James 2:17, 1 John 3:21; aor., Matthew 6:15, Mark 3:27, John 3:3, Romans 10:15, Galatians 1:8; 2:16 (see Lft., Ellic., in ll.); ἐ. τε . . . ἐ. τε, [in LXX for אִם . . . אִם, Esther 19:13, al.,] Romans 14:8.

4. = cl. ἄν (which see) after relat. pronouns and adverbs (Tdf., Pr., 96; WH, App., 173; M, Pr., 42f.; Bl., §26, 4; Mayser, 152f.; Deiss., BS, 202ff.): ὃς ἐ., Matthew 5:19, Mark 6:22, 23, Luke 17:32, 1 Corinthians 6:18, al.; ὅπου ἐ., Matthew 8:19; ὁσάκις ἐ., Revelation 11:6; οὗ ἐ., 1 Corinthians 16:6; καθὸ ἐ., 2 Corinthians 8:12; ὅστις ἐ., Galatians 5:10.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as καί:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

9,023 total
  1. John 2:4καὶ · and
    “Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
  2. John 2:7Καὶ · So
    Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
  3. John 2:8Καὶ; καὶ · and
    “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
  4. John 2:9καὶ
    …and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
  5. John 2:10καὶ · and; καὶ · and then
    …and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
  6. John 2:11καὶ · He thus; καὶ · and
    Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
  7. John 2:12καὶ · [with]; καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
  8. John 2:13Καὶ · When; καὶ
    When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  9. John 2:14καὶ; καὶ; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
  10. John 2:15καὶ · [So]; καὶ · and; καὶ; καὶ · and
    So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
  11. John 2:16καὶ
    To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
  12. John 2:18καὶ
    On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
  13. John 2:19καὶ; καὶ · and
    Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
  14. John 2:20καὶ; καὶ · and
    “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
  15. John 2:22καὶ · Then; καὶ · and
    After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
  16. John 2:25καὶ
    He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
  17. John 3:2καὶ · and
    He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
  18. John 3:3καὶ
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
  19. John 3:4καὶ
    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
  20. John 3:5καὶ · and
    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  21. John 3:6καὶ · [but]
    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
  22. John 3:8καὶ; καὶ · [or]
    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
  23. John 3:9καὶ
    “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
  24. John 3:10καὶ; καὶ · and
    “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
  25. John 3:11καὶ · and; καὶ · and yet
    Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
  26. John 3:12καὶ · and
    If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
  27. John 3:13καὶ
    No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
  28. John 3:14καὶ · Just
    Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
  29. John 3:19καὶ · but
    And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
  30. John 3:20καὶ · and
    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
  31. John 3:22καὶ · and
    After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.